Re: how to find out the mysql version from php?

Jakob, See if this does what you're looking for. // returns a string with the current mySQL version connecting handled by $dbh. $mysqlver = pos(mysql_fetch_row(mysql_query("SELECT VERSION()",$dbh))); -- Aaron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jakob" <jakob@jfix.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 2:56 PM Subject: [PHP] how to find out the mysql version from php? > > several people seem the have the "case sensitivity problem" > regarding different mysql versions - see this extract from > the mysql manual: > > " > Prior to MySQL Version 3.23.4, REGEXP is case sensitive, and the previous query > will return no rows. To match either lowercase or uppercase `b', use this query > instead: > > mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE name REGEXP "^[bB]"; > > From MySQL 3.23.4 on, to force a REGEXP comparison to be case sensitive, use > the BINARY keyword to make one of the strings a binary string. This query will > match only lowercase `b' at the beginning of a name: > > mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE name REGEXP BINARY "^b"; > " > > is there a way to find out _programmatically_ which version of mysql is running > (phpinfo() gives some information, but i don't know how this can be accessed) > on the server. > > thanks in advance, > Jakob. > > PS: please cc me, i am on the very long digest list. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >